Geoffrey

I would suggest asking your school librarian about the Dewey or Library of Congress classification system to see what librarians do. The APA or MLA may also have some guidelines for this type of ordering. MS Excel sorts J. Navy first. Perhaps the larger issue here is the arbitrariness of classification schemes of all kinds.

Mike Busch

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I have never seen an alphabet question on the list, but there's a first time for everything:

If you're alphabetizing J. Navy and Jade (two colors), which comes first?

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